/*
   Copyright 2009 Abdulla Abdurakhmanov (abdulla@latestbit.com)
   Original sources are available at www.latestbit.com

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/

package org.latestbit.smartobjects.network;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

import org.latestbit.smartobjects.exceptions.IncorrectURIException;

/**
 * Interface to server network connector (network client)
 * @author abdulla-a
 */
public interface IConnector extends IConnection {
	
	/**
	 * Starts synchronous connect to specified URI (see to setEndpointURI method)
	 * @see IConnector#setEndpointURI
	 * @throws IncorrectURIException
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void connect()
		throws IncorrectURIException, IOException;
	
	/**
	 * Starts asynchronous connecting to specified URI (see to setEndpointURI method)
	 * @throws IncorrectURIException
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void connectAsync()
		throws IncorrectURIException, IOException;
	
	/**
	 * Configures remote network address and parameters
	 * @param uri Network address as URI format
	 * @throws IncorrectURIException
	 */
	public void setEndpointURI(URI uri)
		throws IncorrectURIException;
	
}
